Constituency profile

Hornsey and Friern Barnet

London · Borough constituency

Catherine West MP
Sitting MP

Catherine West

Labour

First elected May 2015

Current PollCheck projection

Region & type
London
Borough constituency
Last 5 GE winners
LDLLLL
Labour 4/5, Liberal Democrats 1/5
EU referendum 2016
30.2% Leave
UK average 51.9%; -21.7pp below mean
Current outlook
Labour +36.7pp
vs Green 15.2%
LondonStrong Remain areaGraduate-heavyDiverse

About the Hornsey and Friern Barnet constituency

Hornsey and Friern Barnet is a borough constituency in London. The sitting MP is Catherine West (Labour), first elected in May 2015. At the 2024 general election, Labour won with 58.7% to 14.5% for the Greens, a majority of 21,475 votes on a 69.6% turnout. PollCheck's current projection, at the seven-poll average, has Labour on 51.8% and the Greens on 15.2%, a margin of 36.7 points.

Who lives in Hornsey and Friern Barnet? Constituency demographics

From the 2021 Census and 2016 EU referendum estimates. Constituency-level data on 2024 boundaries.

Leave vote 2016
30.2%
UK average ~52%
Degree or above
60.3%
UK average ~34%
No qualifications
11.4%
UK average ~18%
Owner-occupied
49.5%
UK average ~63%
Renting (social + private)
49.1%
UK average ~36%
Median age
38.5
UK median ~40
Age 65+
15.1%
UK average ~19%
Age 18-34
32.4%
UK average ~28%

How did Hornsey and Friern Barnet vote in 2024 and how would it vote now?

2024 vote shares from the HoC Library. Current projection is at the 7-poll average.

2024 general election

Lab hold · majority 21,475 votes (44.2pp) · turnout 69.6%

Current projection

If a general election were held today, at current poll average

Map of Hornsey and Friern Barnet

Switch between GE2024 ward winners (modelled estimates, ~4pp average error) and a demographic view from the 2021 Census. Hover any area for detail. How the map is built ›

Council layer (not Westminster)

Hornsey and Friern Barnet within Haringey and Barnet

Hornsey and Friern Barnet crosses council boundaries: Haringey (82%), Barnet (18%). The figures below are from the 7 May 2026 council elections where held, otherwise the most recent available ward result. About this layer ›

Council overlap

CouncilShare of seatProjection
Haringey
50 LSOAs
82%View projection ›
Barnet
11 LSOAs
18%View projection ›

Most recent council ward results

Latest council winner per ward - May 2026 results where the council voted, otherwise the most recent available result. How this table is sourced ›

Ward GE2024 winner Latest council winner Shift since GE2024 Turnout
Alexandra ParkLabour 58.4%vs Lib Dem 15.6%May 2026 Labour 29.7%vs Lib Dem 25.8%
Labour share
-28.7pp
60.4%
Crouch EndLabour 58.3%vs Green 15.0%May 2026 Lib Dem 36.8%vs Labour 29.0%
Labour→Lib Dem
+25.9pp
54.3%
Fortis GreenLabour 56.8%vs Lib Dem 15.5%May 2026 Labour 33.2%vs Lib Dem 32.8%
Labour share
-23.6pp
53.6%
Friern BarnetLabour 55.0%vs Green 16.0%May 2026 Labour 35.6%vs Green 28.8%
Labour share
-19.4pp
41.1%
HarringayLabour 59.4%vs Green 15.4%May 2026 Green 52.4%vs Labour 31.4%
Labour→Green
+32.5pp
46.9%
HornseyLabour 63.8%vs Green 12.4%May 2026 Labour 41.0%vs Green 37.5%
Labour share
-22.8pp
50.2%
Muswell HillLabour 55.9%vs Lib Dem 16.0%May 2026 Lib Dem 38.0%vs Labour 29.3%
Labour→Lib Dem
+24.3pp
55.7%
Stroud GreenLabour 61.4%vs Green 15.6%May 2026 Green 41.2%vs Lib Dem 26.6%
Labour→Green
+30.9pp
55.3%

Projection trajectory

PollCheck's projection for Hornsey and Friern Barnet at each of the last 60 GB polls. Hover the chart for the underlying poll details.

Who has won Hornsey and Friern Barnet at past general elections?

2024 and notional 2019 rows are on current boundaries; 2010-2017 rows are on the boundaries in force at the time. More on boundaries ›

Year Result MP Lab Con LD Right (Ref/UKIP) Green Other Majority Turnout
2010predecessorLD holdLynne Featherstone Hornsey and Wood Green MP34.0%16.7%46.5%-2.3%0.5%6,87569.9%
2015predecessorLab gain from LDCatherine West Hornsey and Wood Green MP50.9%9.3%31.8%2.2% UKIP5.4%0.4%11,05872.9%+3.0
2017predecessorLab holdCatherine West Hornsey and Wood Green MP65.4%14.8%16.1%0.7% UKIP1.9%1.1%30,73877.9%+5.0
2019notionalLabour winnerCatherine West Hornsey and Wood Green MP, pre-review boundary57.3%11.8%25.6%-3.8%1.5%16,60774.4%
2024Lab holdCatherine West58.7%8.2%12.5%4.1% Ref14.5%1.9%21,47569.6%-4.8

Hornsey and Friern Barnet was created or substantially redrawn by the 2023 boundary review. Pre-2024 rows below are for the predecessor seat Hornsey and Wood Green (the seat that covered most of this area), so vote shares and majorities aren’t directly comparable to the post-2024 figures.

Constituencies most like Hornsey and Friern Barnet

Five seats with similar demographic profiles to Hornsey and Friern Barnet. Politics shown for context.

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Related

Sources

Every figure on this page is computed from the sources below. Read the full methodology ›

Show full source list
  • 2024 general election results · UK Parliament Election Results portal and House of Commons Library briefing CBP-10009.
  • Notional 2019 results on 2024 boundaries · UK Parliament Election Results portal. Recalculated by Parliament; carries assumptions about how 2019 voters would have distributed across the redrawn boundaries.
  • Historic general election results (2010-2017) · House of Commons Library historic results files (on the boundaries in force at the time).
  • Ward-level GE2024 estimates · Britain Elects / New Statesman - article by Ben Walker, underlying spreadsheet. Modelled from constituency totals; average ~4pp per-ward MoE.
  • May 2026 council ward results · Democracy Club via PollCheck's locals 2026 dataset.
  • Earlier council ward results (2014-2024) · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (Jason Leman, drawing on Andrew Teale's LEAP dataset and Democracy Club).
  • Demographics · ONS Census 2021 (England and Wales), aggregated to constituency level using the ONS LSOA21 -> PCON24 best-fit lookup.
  • EU referendum 2016 estimates · Constituency-level Leave vote estimates (Hanretty 2017 method).
  • MP details and Cabinet roles · UK Parliament Members API. MP photos are fetched live from the same source.
  • Boundary geometry and lookups · ONS Open Geography Portal (PCON24 boundaries, LSOA21 boundaries, LSOA21-WD24-LAD24 best-fit lookup).
  • Current projection and trajectory · PollCheck's demographic swingometer applied to the rolling 7-poll average from aggregated GB polls. Not a true MRP - vote-share movements are applied through per-constituency sensitivity multipliers derived from demographic regressions.

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